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COMBINED FOIL AND AILDAPBR FABRIC. No. 289.505. Patented Deo.`4,` 1883.

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.y Be it knownthat we, HENRY' S. GRooKE and LEw'rs GRooKE, citizensof the lUnited States, residing in the city. of New York, counl ,p 5 ty of New York, and State of New York, have .invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Foil andPaper Fabrics, fully described and represented in the following specifieation and the accompanying drawings, forin-A 10 ing a part of the same.

' In order to render the highly-ornamental tin-foi1l of commerce capable of usefor inclosing and covering articles of `manufacture and.V

goods 'put up in small packages, it has long 15 been the practice to protect it from rupture,

and the articles and goods it covers from in?" 3o-the paper'backi'ng, so that )the two became ay Such a fabric compound or united fabric. M has become a product largely used, especially `.whe'relstrips of it require to lbe attached to goods, or sheets of yit are formed into envelopes, .'35 that require ,frequent opening. Practically'it hasl been found, however, that where raw ,edges of this compound ornnited fabric are ,exposed, especially whenl cut; eintoanarrow ""'strips--a-now largely used asbandsriponzpluga 4oofetobacco and similarjpackages-fthe abrasion'Y due. to handling `-eanses,the united-,layers to sepallateatthe extreme edges', which separais liableV to extend to such al y degree as to destroy the strip. z

45 It isthe obj eet ofthe present improvementI tion, once started;

to remove this defect; and the invention con- AYsists in providinga sheet or strip of compound foil and paper, 'whether unitedf by cement or paste` or not, with a folded .edge which may 5o extend alongthe two sides of the strip, only,

for also b e provided' at the ends. Manyforms f the' fold b@ made, 'and accordingly-j the;

dra-.wings illustrate several.

Figure 1 shows a strip or. sheet composed of a thin foil layer, 2', laid upon a layer of paper, 3,-as is common. Fig. 2 illustrates by afper! spective view, and Fig. 3 by a` cross-section, l(enlarged) such a strip having 'its sides protected andmade strong by folding the com-- pound layers of foil 2 and paper 3 upon them` selves', so thatwhile the main or central por'-A tion, B, of the strip is composed of two layers, the edges A are composed of four layers--two of `foil and two of paper. (See Fig. 3.) lnthis embodiment of the invention the central portion, B, is also depressed, so that the edges .A project upward,while the paper layer through- Voui-.the central portion,` B, is on a level with 'n'fig.. a a] strip like that shown .in Fig. 1 has its extreme ends turned over and folded. In Fig. 51 the .combined layers'have their edges folded so` l that the entire face-surface Y, body .B and edges A-lie in the samey plane, which, of-vcoulrse, causes the doubled edges -to project from the back side of the strip. In Fig.`6 the twolay' ers of foil andpaper laid together, as in Fig. 1, have their edges folded upward', thuspre-I `sentnfg a face surface'the body B of which L"presents tle foil 2, while the edges A present paper surfaces.. `In Fig. 7 the paper under strip or lining is shown 'as-narrower than the face layer orcovering of foil, the edge A being produced by folding the lfoil over the paper,y as is shown in Fig. 8,. `and though in 'this latter ligure theupsetting'of the edges A is such as to ypresent the depressed center B, a

`level center, as in Fig. 5,.may be had,-'if de' sited. Where the paper Ais-cut away,f theedges v will he' less cumbersome than the other struct? ,ures having one less thickness ofpa'per.A

\ ad practical' mode of making these strips with raided er bound, edges is naa byfumting,

for associating the two materials in large shts (I,

'superposedmthen'cutting .the same into strips of appropriate size, and then,'by means@ of. any common folding devices, .the edgesmy to a1 proper-width, .are gradually turned u'p and over onto lghe body, or vice versa, andthen.

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pressed down into place. Properly-furowed rolls cause the body of the strip to be pressedydow'nward, so that the backAsurfacer lwhereby they are perfeetly'laid together and given even. surfaces.

Where the paper lining is made of a single layer and the foil layer is wrapped over it,

" the paper and foil of appropriate widths must,

ofcourse, be united in narrow Widths. The layers may becemented together or not, as may be preferred, though in most uses of the combined fabric this is desirable.

Strips made according to this invention present what may be termed bound edges7 that -Will resist all ordinary Wear and use, and their layers have 11o tendency to separate.

They areespecially well adapted to be handled in thespeedy manipulation required in applying them to packages, as they afford a greater rigidity than can be attained by the union of their layers in any other way. In the special use of such strips in the marking of plugs of tobacco, (the strip bearing the graduations for division o f the plugs, or trade-marks and the like,) t he element of great strength is very desirable, as the strips, after being applied to the plugs, aresubjected, when a mass of the plugs are `packed together in a box, to very.

great pressure, and wheny lug after plug is lremoved from the boxth. oilsurface of thesestrips will resist all tendency to be pulled off from the paper lining eor the Whole strip from 35 the plug, which is one of the defects found in the old form of foil strip.

The form of strip having a depressed center is especially desirable, for the reason that its protruding edges A present a comparatively 4o small surface-area to be engaged by a foreign body, and its tender foil surface is thus largely protected, and particularly is this so when the turned-over portion presents a face of paper.

Cloth-such as buekram, sleazy muslin, and 45 like cheap fabricsl-whether stiffened or not With sizing, may be substituted for paper, and are therefore to' be considered an equivalent thereof. Y

What is claimed is#- Y 5o l. A strip or sheet formed from a compound fabric of tin -foil and paper, provided with folded edges, substantially as described.

2.' A strip or sheet consisting of a layer of foil anda layer of paper, provided with folded 55 edges and having its central part depressed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY S. CROOKE LEWIS CROOKE.

Vitnesses 'z It. CRooKE, H. P. WEST. 

